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TOP 10 CARTOON/COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL FANDOMS ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS,SINGLE CATEGORY TAG ONLY VERSION (2009-2022)

If you don’t see a fandom on the chart, it may be because that fandom only has a multicategory tag and no Cartoons/Comics/Graphic Novels category only tag. (E.g. Homestuck) You can see this category with the muti-category fandoms included in this post.

To make these bar chart race, all series titles in the Cartoons/Comics/Graphic Novels category on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, manually filtered for fandoms belonging in only one category, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

Locked fanworks aren’t included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.

Fandom tags that are no longer in the Other Media category tag as of posting this are left out of the bar chart race. These tags are usually either miscategorized or already have other tags referring to the same fandom.

Please refer to this post for more bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

the sheer number of meme formats that are just *random dig at women to establish joke structure* *joke that could've stood up fine on its own*

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omfg im laughing so hard i fell asleep on my keyboard last night and i just found this

iackcas. however,I made a mistake the first time round and got iauncas which I kinda prefer

YOUR DRAGON NAME

last two letters of your first name

middle two letters of your last name

first two letters of your mother’s name

last letter of your father’s name

mine would be Urlelan. Reblog and tag this with yours!

Not them switching poses loll

They look so good in formal outfit 😍🥰

They look so good together too 🧡💚

Dragon shifters

Astronaut tweets

[intro]

Bakugou is a prideful, arrogant person. He holds himself to the highest standard; he is the best and everyone else is simply below him. Everything he has ever done was in pursuit of being number one, shining above the rest. He has to have a perfect victory, he has to be a perfect student, he has to win to save.

He pushes and pushes and won’t let anyone see his weaknesses or his insecurities. He can never lose, he can never fail, he can never show that he regrets or hesitates or that he hasn’t thought everything through. He must never be vulnerable in every sense of the word.

Then why is he standing in the rain.

To apologize shouldn’t be a sacrifice, but it is for Bakugou. To pour his feelings, to admit his wrong, to let down all of the walls he has built and be vulnerable. And in front of his whole class.

He is willing to sacrifice his pride, to fully sacrifice any superiority he could have, to bare his soul and even risk rejection. Because he knows Midoriya is more important. Because he wants him to come home, he wants him to know his true feelings, because he wants things to change. 

Because Midoriya has changed him. Midoriya has opened his eyes; by showing him he’s allowed to be open, that his feelings should be expressed, that he has so much to learn, and so much of that was learned through Midoriya just existing.

He isn’t sacrificing his safety frivolously because he’s expected to as a hero; he is doing it because he has grown. He is doing it because he has finally admitted to himself that he wants Midoriya to be with him and safe.

So I will sacrifice this for you. Not because it will change anything, as much as I want that I know that I can’t just fix all the wrong with just this. And I am willing to do as much as it takes to earn your forgiveness. But I don’t need that from you, not now and not ever if you don’t want that, I just need you to rest. I did so much wrong. And I am sorry for everything. You don’t have to do this alone. Lean on us. You are so strong and being supported doesn’t discount that. You’ve taught me that. 

I hate the rain. But I will brave it for you. 

He would do everything in his power, admit so many things, just to get Midoriya to take care of himself. We see him being the most vulnerable he has ever been in front of people that aren’t Midoriya. He does so much completely out of character, all in pursuit of being there for Midoriya. 

For Izuku.

He finally gets over himself and finally tells Midoriya the feelings he has felt for so long.

He lets go of this idea he is inherently better and finally acknowledges that his hatred for Midoriya has always been about his own shortcomings and insecurities. But he still wants to be better, they are still rivals. He isn’t going to sacrifice that part of him because that is just who he is; he is still going to push to number one.

But now it’s different.

There is verbal and vocal acceptance and respect. Before it was unspoken; their relationship had changed ever since Ground Beta. They were proper rivals, with mutual respect and care, they were actively making each other better.

But Bakugo finally verbalizes it and tells Midoriya, not only is he sorry, but he wants to actually have a proper friendship; he wants to continue to become better and earn his forgiveness. He wants them to push each other to be better, he wants to continue to fight for the top spot, he still wants to be the best.

But when did it become something else? 

When was the turning point when it started to shift from wanting to surpass Midoriya and be the best, to wanting to keep up with Midoriya and stay by his side?

Bakugou has already sacrificed himself for Midoriya before. His body moved on its own; with no hesitation, he would save Midoriya. He has already risked his life for him. But there is a layer to it that I don’t think people talk about. 

He tells Midoriya he shouldn’t try to win this on his own. 

He disguises his concern with an insistence that he’s in it to fight for himself when he initially joins the battle. But it is to fight by Midoriya’s side and support him.

But taking the hit for Midoriya, jumping in the way isn’t just support. This is sacrifice. This is giving yourself to ensure the safety of someone. And it was second nature. 

There are two reasons and both are a sacrifice of something in the moment.

It is knowing someone is so valuable, so great, in all senses of the word, that they must be protected. Bakugou is sacrificing his body and admitting that Midoriya needs to stay alive, for personal reasons and/or for the world. He needs Midoriya to be okay, Midoriya can’t fight alone and Bakugou will do anything to make sure he will be okay. 

But the sacrifice of ideology. 

With every development, he has relinquished parts of himself. When he sacrifices himself he is not only sacrificing his body but is admitting that he can’t do this on his own; he needs Midoriya too. This isn’t him wanting to be better than Midoriya, it’s him wanting to do it together.

Midoriya changed him.

He doesn’t die for Midoriya. He wakes up and just as his last thought was Midoriya, so was his first as he woke up. He runs to his side. People are dragging him back, trying to have him rest, knowing before he even said anything that he would lose his mind over Midoriya’s situation. 

Everyone sees how Bakugou feels about Midoriya.

He sacrifices himself because Midoriya can not die on him. Midoriya has to stay alive. Midoriya has to keep fighting. 

There can not be a world that doesn’t have him in it.

This is the culmination of what has been developing ever since the final exam where Bakugou finally works with Midoriya; the day that win to save, save to win was noticed. Then furthered after Ground Beta where they finally talked to each other and something changed within them both.

But the final sacrifice is the culmination of Bakugou’s character.

He knows what this decision will mean. Everyone screams for him not to. He knows that he is going to die. He knows he will not win this fight.

This isn’t dying for the cause. This isn’t just a hero complex. This is because he can help Midoriya and he will. This is for Izuku.

I will sacrifice myself for you. To give you more time, to give you even the slightest chance of winning. I will sacrifice myself for you because you are who can win. I am going to die. I am going to die and in my final thoughts, I will ask if I will still be able to be by your side.

It is no longer can I beat you. It is no longer can I surpass you. It is can I still catch up to you. It is can I still even be equal to you. He has already sacrificed the idea that he could beat Midoriya, that isn’t what he wants anymore. What he wants is to stay here with him.

I will sacrifice everything I am. I have wanted to be the best. All my life I have wanted to surpass you and everyone around me. But you. I will let that go for you. I let it go in my mind for so long now and I have never wanted to admit it. Is it even possible? Is it even possible for me to catch up to you? Is it even possible for me to stay by your side. I can’t be that anymore. I am sacrificing even that now. I will never be number one now. I will never become the person I always dreamed to be. I will never surpass you. I am forever sacrificing that now. I will die here.  

But can I still be with you?

The sacrifice of his life is him fully relinquishing everything he is, admitting that he can’t keep up, losing all of the progress he has made, letting go of everything that made up his character.

And the last thing on his mind is if he can still be able to be by Midoriya’s side.

He won’t let him go again. 

I’ll say this here but Bakugou loudly and proudly declaring that he’s here to step in and take care of things when Deku can’t do it all on his own and Deku watching all of this with pure awe and wonder in his eyes as the leaves pass in the wind like he is all the countless stars in the sky??? Like he is the reason for living??? Like he is a thousand beautiful arrows and Deku is the target??? Like he is a part of every corner of Deku?? Like he is the Sun that rises after the moon??? LIKE THIS??? THIS IS LOVE. and he LOVES Bakugou so much. And when the time comes when Bakugou and Deku reach eachother and cross all the words and answer all the age old questions? THEN WHAT??? WHAT HAPPENS THEN??? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY EXCHANGE WARM SMILES AND GENTLE HANDS??? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO??? JUST CURL UP AND DIE KNOWING THAT BAKUGOU WILL ALWAYS BE DEKU’S HERO??? BECAUSE OH MY GOSH BAKUGOU IS HIS WORLD AND I WILL COMBUST.

Soft Izuku just for funsies

boys being boys

scammers to lovers speedrun

Teddy bear girl

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BkDk wearing Anti-BkDk merch ✨️

Helpful things for action writers to remember

Sticking a landing will royally fuck up your joints and possibly shatter your ankles, depending on how high you’re jumping/falling from. There’s a very good reason free-runners dive and roll. 

Hand-to-hand fights usually only last a matter of seconds, sometimes a few minutes. It’s exhausting work and unless you have a lot of training and history with hand-to-hand combat, you’re going to tire out really fast. 

Arrows are very effective and you can’t just yank them out without doing a lot of damage. Most of the time the head of the arrow will break off inside the body if you try pulling it out, and arrows are built to pierce deep. An arrow wound demands medical attention. 

Throwing your opponent across the room is really not all that smart. You’re giving them the chance to get up and run away. Unless you’re trying to put distance between you so you can shoot them or something, don’t throw them. 

Everyone has something called a “flinch response” when they fight. This is pretty much the brain’s way of telling you “get the fuck out of here or we’re gonna die.” Experienced fighters have trained to suppress this. Think about how long your character has been fighting. A character in a fist fight for the first time is going to take a few hits before their survival instinct kicks in and they start hitting back. A character in a fist fight for the eighth time that week is going to respond a little differently. 

ADRENALINE WORKS AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU FIGHT. THIS IS IMPORTANT. A lot of times people think that adrenaline will kick in and give you some badass fighting skills, but it’s actually the opposite. Adrenaline is what tires you out in a battle and it also affects the fighter’s efficacy - meaning it makes them shaky and inaccurate, and overall they lose about 60% of their fighting skill because their brain is focusing on not dying. Adrenaline keeps you alive, it doesn’t give you the skill to pull off a perfect roundhouse kick to the opponent’s face. 

Swords WILL bend or break if you hit something hard enough. They also dull easily and take a lot of maintenance. In reality, someone who fights with a sword would have to have to repair or replace it constantly.

Fights get messy. There’s blood and sweat everywhere, and that will make it hard to hold your weapon or get a good grip on someone. 

A serious battle also smells horrible. There’s lots of sweat, but also the smell of urine and feces. After someone dies, their bowels and bladder empty. There might also be some questionable things on the ground which can be very psychologically traumatizing. Remember to think about all of the character’s senses when they’re in a fight. Everything WILL affect them in some way. 

If your sword is sharpened down to a fine edge, the rest of the blade can’t go through the cut you make. You’ll just end up putting a tiny, shallow scratch in the surface of whatever you strike, and you could probably break your sword. 

ARCHERS ARE STRONG TOO. Have you ever drawn a bow? It takes a lot of strength, especially when you’re shooting a bow with a higher draw weight. Draw weight basically means “the amount of force you have to use to pull this sucker back enough to fire it.” To give you an idea of how that works, here’s a helpful link to tell you about finding bow sizes and draw weights for your characters.  (CLICK ME)

If an archer has to use a bow they’re not used to, it will probably throw them off a little until they’ve done a few practice shots with it and figured out its draw weight and stability. 

People bleed. If they get punched in the face, they’ll probably get a bloody nose. If they get stabbed or cut somehow, they’ll bleed accordingly. And if they’ve been fighting for a while, they’ve got a LOT of blood rushing around to provide them with oxygen. They’re going to bleed a lot. 

Here’s a link to a chart to show you how much blood a person can lose without dying. (CLICK ME) 

If you want a more in-depth medical chart, try this one. (CLICK ME)

Hopefully this helps someone out there. If you reblog, feel free to add more tips for writers or correct anything I’ve gotten wrong here. 

its so scary to put yourself out there but a SINGLE message saying "hi i loved what you made it touched me in some way" makes it all worth it 10000%

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<3 todokiribakudeku headcanons <3

these 4 are my endgame and im stuck inside with covid so here are some headcanons! jfc this got so long

they all do each others hair!

kirishima has to bleach + dye his hair once a month and usually deku and bakugou do it together to get it done faster. its a pretty soothing activity for all three of them. kiri tends to cut his own hair but will ask one of his boyfriends to get the back for him. bakugou is the most trusted with a pair of scissors but kirishima's not picky!

todoroki doesnt care who cuts his hair but bakugou does 😡 says his hair is too pretty to let someone else fuck it up so he's a little possessive when it comes to shouto's hair. he obviously would never admit to that, he just,,,, loves the feel of running his fingers through those silky strands 🥺

now deku's hair? i love pro hero deku with an undercut but here's my concept -- it fucking sucks lmao. todoroki usually does it for him and it's hella uneven and despite being a super famous top ten pro hero, deku just like.... doesn’t care. isn’t even aware. neither of them are. bakugou tries to tell him and deku's just like ‘haha yeah <3’ and just continues to go about his life asfhgsdfkj once every couple months bakugou insists on cleaning it up and making him look presentable. deku honestly cannot tell the difference

kiri can also give a decent undercut! but he doesn't really notice when deku's hair looks bad. deku can simply do no wrong in kiri's book

bakugou? bakugous the only one of these idiots that actually goes to a hair salon zdjfhbldzf

cooking!

we all know bakugou is The Cook but i don’t think it makes sense that he would be the only one cooking, wouldnt be fair!! so they deff all doing the cooking and baku teaches his boyfriends enough for them to share the work

kiri in the kitchen: he’s prob the best at prep. he helps a lot in terms of prepping food for a bunch of days and then bakugou cooking them, so it’s baku cooking but kiri does all the work. when he's the one making dinner fully he tends to get a little experimental with the spices and stuff without knowing what he’s doing and his boyfriends insist that he keeps things basic lolol

deku prob takes to cooking pretty well but he’s not an improviser. bakugou taught them all a bunch of basic meals they can pull out whenever and he's great at those, and prob does the most cooking after bakugou. he can also get pretty impressive with a recipe! but ask this boy to improvise and suddenly he doesn't know how to boil water. a real recipe binch. he also likes to bake!

todoroki is the least competent. he really doesn't have the patience and he ends up burning things a LOT. Because of this he’s asked to cook the least. He makes up for it by washing dishes and setting the table and stuff. On nights when he’s asked to cook he usually just orders take out and every one is pretty thankful

Ok bakugou!! We know he can cook and his boyfriends rely on him that gooood food like the main event type shit and he loves it. sure he cooks regular food during the week and stuff but i think bakugou has an art when it comes to slow cooking and shit. like starting a ramen broth a week in advanced for a big friday night dinner?? its a practice in patience for him, he finds it meditative

my jewish ass thinks big friday night dinners are the backbone of family so fuck it I guess they’re doing shabbas now -- they make these big dinners on the weekends that they have down to a t. kirishima does most of the prep and deku makes dessert that is sweet and delicious <3 him and kiri make side dishes and todoroki is just like, in the kitchen passing his boyfriends utensils and spices. Bakugou always impresses them with their delicious main courses and todoroki some how fucked up a salad. All is good <3

i just! cooking is a ritual! making a meal together and then sharing it is a love language and these bitches are in love!!!

Sleeping!!

They have a big ass bed and weird for a couple (quadruple?) but they sleep with their bed against a wall! bc bakugou likes to sleep next to the wall 😷 he has a fairly deep windowsill where he keeps his phone and tea and stuff <3 and!! a lil cactus :3

deku sleeps on the outside! he is the most chaotic sleeper with the worst sleep habits out of the 4 so its good for everyone that he can easily slip in and out of bed like 5 times a night. with easy access to his phone so he can jolt awake and write down notes like 10 times a night too

Kirishima and todoroki sleep in the middle in no particular order. They’re both the cuddliest and usually sleep all tangled in each other.

thank god those two are heavy sleepers because bakudeku are weird in the middle of the night. bakugous a p light sleeper and deku accidentally wakes him up pretty often. this leads to whispered bickering which often leads to them smacking each other over todokiri which often leads to them making out over todokiri which often leads to them shuffling everyone so that deku can come squeeze in next to kacchan. todokiri are very used to waking up in a different order than when they fell asleep

but even besides the night bickering, probably twice a week deku takes a middle spot to sleep next to bakugou because they love each other!! diametrically opposed sleep schedules be damned <3 deku is working on mastering the art of shimmying out of bed silently, and starting to get it lmao -- still working on the not accidentally activating full cowling at 3 am bc he stubbed his toe trying to sneak off to eat graham crackers tho. he's a night klutz!!

kirishima talks in his sleep. gibberish but also that creepy kind of half-lucid seeming conversation that makes no sense and are hilarious. bakudeku love regaling kirishima with stories the next morning and these always crack him up. he loves it. bakugou and deku started a tiktok account dedicated to kirishimas night time ramblings and it got extremely popular asdgdgfcn

todoroki my sweet prince my sweet baby. heavy fucking sleeper who will wake for nothing <3 this boy is dead to the world once hes asleep <3 the kind of sleeper where deku finds himself checking shouto's pulse because he hasnt moved in so long??? doesn't snore either just. a dead fucking rock. todoroki is a regular guest on the kirishima sleep talking tiktok bc bakudeku like to fuck with him seeing what they can get away with. so far its everything sdfhgsakdfhkdhf

yeah 4am bakudeku is just such a flavor to me. especially 4 am bakudeku with chaotically passed out todokiri on their hands asdgdfdhd pure mischief.

deku kirishima and todoroki are mad cuddly sleepers, bakugous the type to cuddle before bed but once he's ready to sleep he kicks the others away from him and smashes his face into the wall <3

ok holy shit that was long but i just love them so much!!! pls feel free to add headcanons <3

I'm rereading TLT because I have horrible impulse control and i will never get over the stark contrast of the Lotus Casino scenes of both the movie and book

Because movie Percy's like:

Percy: *high on lotus flowers having the time of his life* This is amazing~

Poseidon: *godly whispera in his brain* Percy you're in trouble get out of there

Percy: Oh sh*t he's right! We gotta go

Meanwhile the absolute perfection book Percy goes:

Percy: *while playing games* Oh man I having a great time! I feel warm and happy and relaxed and safe and enjoying life! I have not felt this amazing in years!

Percy:.....

Percy: something's horribly wrong